A comprehensive investigation of the dust-storm characteristics over the Sistan Basin in eastern Iran revealed that the dust-storm days during the summer season were associated…
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By 2030, it is expected that 8 out of 10 Europeans will be living in cities, which are traditionally more exposed to threats to their…
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Primates are so fast and accurate in understanding the surrounding visual world. Their visual cortex lets them do invariant object recognition in just 100-150ms [1]….
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The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. – H.P. Lovecraft…
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The migration of substances in complex systems is most commonly a result of diffusion – a mechanism in which atoms or molecules migrate from the…
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Social scientists have tried to explain geographic concentrations of crime for more than a century. Two macro-sociological explanations are often investigated. First, social disorganization theory…
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Across the human genome, there are a few million base pairs that differentiate one person from another. Though these differences account for only 0.1% of…
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Treatment responses in (small) children are difficult to assess since descriptions of symptoms and symptom changes are not easily available without the use of language,…
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Neurological disorders remain one of the last frontiers of medicine. Available treatments are few; of those that exist, most only mitigate symptoms and do nothing…
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When it comes to the choice “left or right,” nature likes to stick to one. For instance, proteins are all “left-handed” — they’re made of…
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The overall prevalence of depression among the older population is around 7% and, hence, is a major health issue. Depression may be associated with global…
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